Warm salad with butternut squash and beetroot
A warm salad with butternut squash and beetroot to make an autumnal dish full of flavor thanks to spices, feta cheese and nuts! Try it and you will be pleasantly surprised :-)
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Baba au rhum - A classic French dessert
These babas au rhum are coming from a recipe by Paul Bocuse, the famous French Chef! They are compact and this makes them different and charming!
Pie with phyllo, spinach, leeks and feta cheese (spanakopita)
A spinach pie with leeks and feta cheese and there you have a Greek spanakopita in mini version and like no other ;-) It’s light on fat and so good ;-) Try it, it’s quite easy to make when you just buy the phyllo leaves on the store!
Navarin d’agneau – A French Lamb Casserole
A navarin d’agneau is a French lamb casserole like no other! Veggies are beautifully cooked and the meat is tender and moist and has a wonderful flavor thanks to thyme, rosemary and wine! It’s really good :-) Give it a try and you will not be disappointed!
Chocolate Dessert with Cognac
This is a very moist chocolate cake and super delicious! The taste of Cognac is there and goes very well with chocolate and all together they create a wonderful symphony of flavors :-) Don’t miss the opportunity to make it :-) It’s really easy! So go for it :-)
Roast Pork à la française
This is a very French and extraordinary roast pork with an extraordinary and light sauce! It’s cooked on top of veggies (carrots, onions and garlic) with white wine, thyme and bay leaf :-) Thanks to its way of cooking, it’s moist and tender and above all easy to make! It really worth the detour!
Porcini Soufflé
A wonderful French soufflé with porcini mushrooms! It also has some French Comté (or gruyere) and some smoked bacon for more flavor! It’s simply wonderful and very good even the day after!
Eggs Keftas!
Eggs Keftas made with a cream of boiled eggs and dried raisins, onion and pine nuts! It’s really good and so unusual but easy to make for a recipe that comes from the 18th century to our lives today!
Classic Recipes
Lamb shoulder the Moroccan way by Paul Bocuse
This lamb shoulder comes from the great French Chef called Paul Bocuse who was elected the best Chef in the world by Americans! It’s cooked into a paste of spices (paprika, cumin, curry) with rosemary or thyme and garlic! At the end of cooking, it’s glazed and caramelized with a mix of cooking juice, beer and honey! It’s perfect for a dinner with friends or even for you alone!
Splendid Pineapple!!!
A delicate and quite easy dessert with pineapple cooked in the oven and a lemon cream called chiboust :-) It also has a lemon crumble made with almond power with gives it a little bit of crunchiness! It’s really good and worth the effort!
For Beginners
Roast pork with Worcester sauce and honey
This roast pork with potatoes has a wonderful sauce made with Worcester sauce, honey and Xérès vinegar (or any other red wine vinegar) and wins the 1st prize in our heart because we love it so much! Rosemary and garlic give their special taste that goes really well with the rest of the ingredients! Give it a try asap because it’s really good!
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie
A cookie that can be split in portions? Yes, this giant cookie can be split and we reduce the total fat so there is even more pleasure! Give it a try and get one bite at a time! It’s even better!
Food from Around the World
Maryland Fried Chicken
An American fried chicken not as usual! Why? Because it’s cooked slowly into clarified butter and this makes all the difference! It comes from an old recipe in an old book that it’s not forgotten after all! Try it, you worth it!
Old Fashioned Apple Pie
An old fashioned apple pie with two layers of pate brisee and this changes everything! It’s a classic American pie! Enjoy!
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